James Buckley (actor)

For other uses, see James Buckley (disambiguation).

James Buckley
Buckley at the British Academy Television Awards 2009
Born	James Patrick Buckley (1987-08-14) 14 August 1987 Croydon, London, England
Occupations	Stand-up comedian, actor, musician, YouTuber and Streamer.
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Clair Meek (m. 2012)
Children	2
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File:James Buckley Inbetweeners autograph.svg

James Patrick Buckley (born 14 August 1987) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, musician and YouTuber. He is best known for playing Jay Cartwright in the BAFTA-winning E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners.

Early and personal life

James Patrick Buckley was born in Croydon, England. It was while taking part in school plays, that Buckley found out how much he enjoyed performing and, from the age of seven, started going to a stage school at weekends. The family later moved to Dagenham and by the age of eleven, Buckley began his first professional jobs in the West End shows Whistle Down the Wind and Les Misérables. The same year, he also began attending The Chafford School. Buckley stated that school interested him so little, that he did not collect his GCSE results.

He is an avid supporter of Crystal Palace Football Club.

Career

Buckley's first role was in 2001 as Johnny Vaughan's twelve-year-old godson in the BBC sitcom 'Orrible. He then appeared in a Hellmann's advertisement in 2004 and in a 2005 music video for the Gravenhurst track 'I Turn My Face To The Forest Floor' directed by Ralitza Petrova. His stage credits include the West End musical Les Misérables as Gavroche and Whistle Down the Wind as Clarence. As well as The Inbetweeners and Rock & Chips, Buckley's other credits include an episode of Skins and episodes of The Bill, Holby City and Teachers.

He also played the character of Fred in Off the Hook. For Red Nose Day 2011, Buckley and his Inbetweeners co-stars went on a "rude road trip" and visited the rudest street names in the United Kingdom in 50 hours. In April 2011, Buckley received a BAFTA nomination for his role in The Inbetweeners. Buckley played the main character in the short film Veronique. Buckley appears in the 2011 film Everywhere and Nowhere. That same year, Buckley reprised his role as Jay Cartwright in the film, The Inbetweeners Movie, and its sequel, The Inbetweeners 2 in 2014.

Buckley also does voice-overs using his distinctive voice. He worked with AllAboutCareers.com to produce an explanatory animation for the website. Buckley is also the narrator on E4's show Little Box of Horrors. He starred in the music video for States of Emotion's track "The Unsung", and also features on backing vocals and guitar on Steve Cradock's album Peace City West. In 2012, Buckley made his directorial debut, where he directed and starred in a music video for the Essex band The Milk.

Buckley has appeared in several commercials. These include adverts for Orange, with the cast of The Expendables 2, Game, and bookmaker Ladbrokes, as well as providing voice-over for Envirofone, Trunki and Hastings Direct.

In 2014, Buckley starred in an American horror film called The Pyramid.

In April 2016, Buckley started a YouTube gaming channel called Completed It Mate - a reference to The Inbetweeners episode "Will's Dilemma" - which has over 411,000 subscribers as of January 2019. Since beginning his channel, Buckley has collaborated with other YouTubers, most notably with the Rooster Teeth group Achievement Hunter, when he appeared on their Off Topic Podcast and multiple episodes of their Let's Play series. He has also appeared on Alternative Lifestyle, a YouTube series created by Sugar Pine 7, another Rooster Teeth subsidiary.

In 2017, Buckley began starring in the sitcom White Gold, along with his The Inbetweeners co-star, Joe Thomas. It has now been commissioned for a second series.

In 2020, he starred in the Doctor Who episode "Orphan 55", in which he played Nevi.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2002	Veronique	Boy	Short film
2011	Everywhere and Nowhere	Jamie
	The Inbetweeners Movie	Jay Cartwright
2013	Charlie Countryman	Luke
2014	The Inbetweeners 2	Jay Cartwright
	The Pyramid	Fitzie
2016	Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping	Sponge
	The Comedian's Guide to Survival	James Mullinger

Television

Year	Program	Role	Notes
2001	'Orrible	Ryan	Episode: "Two Men and a Bastard"
2004	Teachers	John	2 episodes
2005–08	The Bill	Tom Wilkinson / Joseph Rake / Marcus Stepney	3 episodes
2006	Holby City	Ali Wilkinson	Episode: "Better the Devil You Know"
	Baggy Trousers	Neil	Pilot
2007	Skins	Simon	Episode: "Michelle"
	Sold	Wayne	Episode: "1.1"
2008–2010	The Inbetweeners	Jay Cartwright	18 episodes Nominated – British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Actor (2010) Nominated – BAFTA for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Role (2011) Nominated - Royal Television Society Award for Best Comedy Performance (2011)
2009	Off the Hook	Fred	7 episodes
2010	Comedy Lab	Rob	Episode: "Filth"
2010–2011	Rock & Chips	Del Boy	3 episodes
2011	The Comic Strip Presents...	Sergeant	Episode: "The Hunt for Tony Blair"
	Little Box of Horrors	Himself	6 episodes
2014	The Boy in the Dress	Mr Norris	Television film
2016–2018	Zapped	Brian Weaver	15 episodes
2017–2019	White Gold	Brian Fitzpatrick	12 episodes
2017	Red Dwarf	Mechanoid	Episode: "Siliconia"
2018	I Feel Bad	Chewy	13 episodes
2020	Doctor Who	Nevi	Episode: "Orphan 55"
2020	The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C	Himself	Episode: "Series 3, Episode 2"

External links

• Official website
• James Buckley's (Completed It Mate) channel on YouTube
• James Buckley on Twitch
• James Buckley on Twitter
• James Buckley at IMDb 
• Interview With Simon Bird and James Buckley profile, The British Comedy Guide
• The Milk - Every Time We Fight on YouTube